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I’m not a Lawyer, but between the 4th, 5th and 14th amendments it seems pretty clear that it’s not a slippery slope, more like a craggily rocky one. Necessitating searchable papers to use the public commons is going to be a pretty difficult argument, between the protection against unreasonable search, guarantee of due process, necessity for search warrants and extention of these rights under state law, it seems pretty far fetched.

The opening of the 4th seems just about tailor made for this(because it was I believe?)

Emphasis mine, obviously.

> The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.



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